| YEAR | EVENT | |
| 820 | First Viking raid on the coast of Normandy, France | |
| 867 | Vikings establish colonies in Normandy | |
| 900 | St. Huberts hound | |
| 911 | The rights of Vikings in Normandy formalized by the treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte | |
| 1561 | The first application of the word "Basset" to a breed of dog can be traced to La Vénerie, an illustrated text on hunting written by Jacques du Fouilloux in 1561. Fouilloux illustrates wire-haired bassets resembling the modern Basset Fauve de Bretagne. | |
| 1785 | George Washington presented with French hounds | |
| 1853 | Emmanuel Fremiet, "the leading sculptor of animals in his day" exhibited bronze sculptures of Emperor Napoleon III's Bassets at the Paris Salon. | |
| 1863 | Dog show in Paris of Bassets arouses interest in English circles | |
| 1866 | Lord Galway imports a pair of Le Couteulx Basset (hounds) to England | |
| 1874 | Sir John Everett Millais imports the brothers Fino de Paris and Model to England | |
| 1875 | Model exhibited for the first time in Wolverhamton, later at Crystal Palace, London | |
| 1877 | Lord Onslow imports three Le Couteulx Bassets (Fino, Finette and Nestor which are littermates) | |
| 1880 | The British Kennel Club recognized the Basset Hound as a breed | |
| 1880 | Casell’s Illustrated Book of the Dog includes a painting of Fino de Paris, Jupiter and Pallas | |
| 1882 | Lord Onslow imports 2 Lane Bassets, Blanchette and Oriflame | |
| 1883 | Lord Aylesford brings a pair of Bassets to his ranch in Texas, USA. The same year the British show dog, Nemours is shown at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show, New York, USA | |
| 1884 | The British Basset Hound Club is established | |
| 1884 | Bassets exhibited at the Westminster Kennel Club Show, New York, USA | |
| 1885 | The first Basset Hounds, Bouncer and Countess, are registered with the American Kennel Club | |
| 1886 | 120 Bassets are shown at the Aquarium, London – inbreeding is evident | |
| 1891 | ||
| 1892 | The Bloodhound dame “Inoculation” is bred to Nicholas (Ch. Forester x Psyche II) by artificial insemination. Assumed by some to be the beginning of the Basset Hound race, but refuted by contemporary writers | |
| 1913 | Due to WW I only 33 Basset Hounds are registered in England until 1933 | |
| 1921 | The British Basset Hound Club is closed | |
| 1954 | The British Basset Hound Club is re-established |